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A Note from Kristen to the Brilliantly Community

Nayyirah Waheed writes: the wounds have changed me I am soft with scars my skin breathes and beats stars If the scars peppering my body...

Navigating Life After Mastectomy: What to Expect and How to Move Forward

You are entering a new phase of life-long recovery and healing after your mastectomy. Learn more about the physical and emotional changes...

Identity, caregiving, art and giving back: An interview with Bob Carey

Photography as a tool for dealing with grief, caretaking, and identity. Brilliantly: I'd love to hear how you came into photography and...

Caring for Our Mothers

Sarah Mason Teague and Kristen share about how caring for their late mothers as young women, how that impacted their identity and their...

Sex and Intimacy with Alyssa Pressman

Let’s talk about sex! It’s such a tricky subject even under the best of circumstances. And when someone has had a life altering...

Hair Growth After Cancer Treatment

In the final interview with Sonya Keshwani, she shares advice and tips for how to support healthy hair growth post-treatment....

Designing Brilliantly Warm

In an interview with the lead designer for Brilliantly Warm, our flagship product, we hear about her approach to creating a warming...

Caring For Your Hair and Scalp During Treatment

In the second interview in a series with Sonya Keshwani, she shares tips and tricks for caring for your scalp and hair during treatment....

Feeling Gorgeous with Melissa Berry, founder of Cancerfashionista

In an interview about her preventative oophorectomy and breast cancer treatment, Melissa shares her inspiration for starting her platform...

Hair Loss

In the first in a series of posts, Sonya Keshwani offers some insights into how to feel empowered, comfortable and beautiful during the...

Becoming an Advocate, an interview with Heidi Floyd

As a young mother, Heidi had to advocate for her care while pregnant. Her experience compelled her share her story and she’s continued to...

How to Begin Tackling Medical Debt

We’ve been listening. We hear you. Having any kind of experience with breast cancer is expensive. To help answer some commonly asked...

Feeling Whole Again - Nipple Reconstruction and Areola Tattooing

Of the many things that need healing after breast cancer or mastectomy, our relationship with our body is perhaps the most important....

Navigating Motherhood with BRCA

Communicating with our children and families about genetic cancer risk is difficult. Shannon Pulaski is a thoughtful advocate and author...

You Don't Have To Break The Bank To Eat Healthy

Changing the way you eat and shop doesn’t usually happen overnight. If it feels like an over whelming feat, start small. Make the changes...

Healing your sexual self after breast cancer

Sex after cancer. We often hear from doctors, therapists, or friends that you need to find out what feels good to you. But what does that...

How to Reduce Inflammation Naturally

We’ve all heard the word inflammation before, but what does it really mean? What changes can we make to give ourselves the best chance to...

Keep Walking

A reflection from Kristen on Thanksgiving about looking ahead. When my son Liam was 14 months old and not yet walking, Brendon (his dad)...

Before Genetic Testing, Take Time to Plan

A Blog for Proactive Genes, Written by Kristen Carbone In 2003, when my mother, Lisa, and I first talked about getting genetic testing,...

Umm… Excuse me? Then what should I be eating?

EAT THIS, NOT THAT! NO! EAT THAT, NOT THIS! Cut Carbs. Eat Carbs. Cut fat. Eat fat. Let’s be honest. There is an enormous amount of...

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